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Dea a fse . Slap.

MY God. Polly IL In the we'll Some ono run
for help quick oh! my darling childr exclaimed
siy residing ON the Courand avenue sxtenson yssser
day morning she spsans from the rear vsrsndA TO-
70 SECOND che lady vas standing beside the veil
The well deep and dark. and for seooud nothing
could be SEEN but son her eyes beoAlns ncoasE
toned the dArkneSs she discovered the object
adecsion bobbiny lp and dowa the 1AleL
'lherv she IL she exclaimed Lei the bucket dovn
quick Quick. be quick"
Then; q. rs bucket went down. she leaned tasovsr
the we'll calling out:
ISs bacisI went down and again the lady stopped
over and repeated her direction In . second an an.
swer came back from the we'll II was:
NO Won't get in the bucket iou whipped me and
Amos. beside herself with grief the lady called asaia
and again for help. Finally. passinG came In, and
going down In the we'll found the dead body and bring
ing out handed 70 the lady She grabbed eagerly.
MY child Is dead. Oh. what shall Idol Mother did
scold and slap her. but she IL sorry. 10 It dead ~
FOR the past two or three days Polly had been sulky
and In bad humor Tho lady had tried hard change 10
temper baf abe could not kAriy yesterday mUrning
she was very cranky aud received siRht tap the
fesiinEs Looking the lady in the face abe SAID:
more She b going to Xii herself ~ w ny
In . second she was flying toward the we'll AZ the
edge she hssitated minute and then esping the
box went down 10 vAtery grave;
Polly was pslrot and q the dine Of hSr death vas
the property Of the Ut the lady who st
owned her shs was magnificent talker and had been
In the same family over sixty years.
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This Must Have Occurred u the Back Yard
of tho Fifth Avesue Hotel.
From ne ST. Puw Globe


Billy Florence, the actor is fond Of prac;,
ENGLAND. and was the guest Of John Hoiiings-
London. Mr.. Holtngshead has q magnificent
suburban place with large. grounds and q great
variety Of trees. Mr.. HollilgsheRd's pride is a
plum ana Te' se which Sea,
Wiling Mr. Florence out into the earden. to
eat plums. During the past summer MI.
Hollingshead made Q flying visit to this
country and dropped IN to spend day with
NE FlP PRE- c While he Gyms fine resi-.
His entire arbor outfit consists Of one linden
tree In the back yard When he received
message In the morning, announcing that his
friend Holitngshead would DO up to take din
ner with him; Mr.. Florence called up his ser
man did as directed. and when he returned Mr..
Florence had him take the egR plants out
and fasten them to the linden tree. That
evening; after dinner was over apd the post
turned to lis guest and said: $500 0No
John, when WAS at your house In London
remember yOu treated me to some very fine
plums. Now, " you will accompany me to my
garden In the rear OF the house I think can
show you an American plum tree that will
England. The plums are not ripe yot. but
they are on the tree. and you can see what they
will be when they do get ripe."
In the soft light Of the new moon the Eng
lishman was not able to detect the deception.
and came back into the house A. few minutes
America. was the most wonderful country. In
the world. Before he left he extracted q
promise from Mr.. Florence to send him the
seed Of some OF those mammoth plums.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-18
A GEORGIA NAN HUNT
Ruaea Rhodes's desperate Fight for LIB.
erty Against Big Odds.
From the 81. Louis Globe. Democrat

Prom the 81 Louis Globe. Democrat
The most sensational man hunt of the
FwiGgs county farmers, armed with pistols
and shotguns. brought in huge negro. whom
hsS had was S Sha shdSss YsT s ae
day morning Policeman Jefr Johnson and Ans
Matthews were, walking down Bridge row
bsp
Johnson touched him with his club and awoke
Where do you live 2" he was asked.
On Cherry street, IN two-story house near
the river" answered the negro.
There ts are no such houses on that street
iys f., ,P som, sso Of them houses down
Calling 70 negro ess SsrHeener JohSson asked
The negative. johnson then tod Matthews vs.
negros wrist. when the latter jerked away and
ana s neer sp
o. hum making desperate effort to wrench his
CLUB from his GRASP: johnson II a small man.
and, although Matthews began clubbing him
with all his pight,, tns ruiiian wreneheL the
ming blow across the face, struck buck ut Mat
thews, and hit him hard blow between the
"Shoot him. Matthew'S cried Johnson. and
five pistol shots rang ont in quick succession,
then two o more and The negro went running up
staggered blndly after him. A large posse at
once started In pursuit OF him. Bailiffs Jones
and Hodnett and Merritt Btrdson captured the
negro about fifteen miles below here. tn the
Mr.. Adkinss and stopped for dinner. and while
waiting they tied him to tree, but suddenly
no broke loose and made, dash for liberty
The posse followed and fired seven shots at
the fleeing prisoner, some Of which struck him.
but he reached u swamp and plunged into It,
leaving bloody trail. He had been wounded
in tho right hip by. Ohicer Matthews in tho
fight Tuesday morning. but in spite OF all the
posse lost sight OF him..
Matthew'S, Brown and Bonner. drove the swamp
until lutte hour In the afternoon. BY this
time about twenty Twiggs county farme rs had
Joined in the hunt which was gwen up by the
officers. The negro ran not less than ten miles,
when. it being almost dark. no rushed into tho
house of Mr. Herring bounded past the family
to tho upstairs and into the attic where he de.
fed arrest, dozen shots were fred into The
retreat without effect. Tho party then began
70 tear away tho timber upon which the fugi:
tiya rested. Suddenly there was u crash, and
Rhodes''s body fell through. spreading con-
sterHntion among the farmers, They closed in
on him, but not until he had knocked down
half a dozea OF them did they subdus him. Ha
WAS the widest man ever known. The party
then watched around him all night.
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They Had Got Used to Babies.

"Say." said q woman. wearing faded yellow
dress she came out Of Dakota house which
stood the road. drove up, "you didn't see
no young 'uns down the road reckon ~
Mo-
Couple o. mine missin' again. euess" and she sur.
yoysd good sized dock who playing around the
hogse. OR, hold on. guess there amt either" she
BEGAN singing them out With her nnyer saying One
nve-come back here Opheiia I'll yer countsd-siN
eight an two at school makes ten the baby
stranger they'rr all here; lowed two three O. EN-
had III out. hut the census IL correctl'
You have large family madam"
"Lswts family ill you can't resti An say. do you
know whRts u Fact genlmen. when the fust one
Sher'danhes out'n the field shuck.n' corn now hen
10 do to him I"
Give 1t up"
Used TO wake him up to him laugh! Yes sir:
regular ming every time no went to sleepl eomettncs
one big fool Of Us an sometimes the other wond sneak
up m chuck him under tho chin an Wake M
90 toot.y wo9s.y an laugh 90 eunnn title laugh Tor
twelyet Well not hardly, slranRef-we know power.
fnl sight MORN We did. Here, Washington quit hurtin'
yer little sister I'll give q sWichIn you'll en-.
Der I'LL yer . hundred years oldt"
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sharp Practice Doesn't Always Fay.


A clothing dealer in an interior town had
occasion to visit the city to purchase goods.
While he was gone young man entered the
store to buy coat. A salesman waited upon
the customer aud showed him u coat plainly
marked ". Ths customer tried It on and said
In a pleasant, conildiGg way: II want u good
article. aud can AFFORD to pay u little more"
The salesman showed him many coats, and,
nnSily, having removed the tag. again oiIerad
him the seven dollar coat which had fitted him
at llrst. and said:
Here & u coat, a ane article, Just your fit.
which can sell you for Sl2."
The coat was again tried on. the young man
seemed pleased, pnid his money aud went
away On the merchants return the salesman.
with "A smile Of triumph all over his counte-
nance, rushed up TO him and boosted OF what
no had done. The merchant looked grave. He
only said:
wasp"
little boy had recognized him as work:
man In nelghborinR factory and remembered
his name. Tine merchant sent for the young
man. told him of tbs modification, gave him
back S.. and the privilege OF returning the
coat II he chose, and then said to the salesman:
Now, sir. will pay you your weeks salary.
and wish you to go. II you cheat my GUS
sheat me, II can't have my people sell goods
honestly, will 60 out Of business. Good day,
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Venus EvictaA.


There Is millionaire quite close at hand
within whose gardens fair several statues
Jupiter. Castor and Pollok pair With hand in
hand. In addition to these there is Venus and
many others too numerous or indelicate to
mention, For years this Olympian collection
has evoked admiration. and attention has
vaiues the precious IN sIt and spends Dc
money in promoting the taste Tor the Greek
lovely statue Of Venus. and Venus used to stand
den and endure al sorts Of inspection. | need
scarcely say that Venus could not be looked ct
without conflicting emotions, which accounted
for her popularity, Well, one night the mil
lionatre had been out at an Irish homo rule
meeting, and he had imbibed some very strong
arguments. He was. to SPY the least OF Il,
rather confused in his mind and unsteady on
his feet. As he wandered through the garden
to find tho front door Of the house, which he
was coming to believe had been taken inside
for the nixht. his eye fell on Venus. Time WAS
no object. He stood and gazed at the statue Of
beauty 9 long time. Then he walked up and
shook his fist at Il.
Look here. Venus, Il Just occurs to mo
you've been here fourteen years, and you've
never paid . cent OF rent. You'd better get
out OF this"
And no pitched Venus OF her pedestal over
the garden wall.
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st.rnat,.. Z. A.I. Minor.

Boston, Sept 17.-Letters have been received
by the American board OF Commissioners for Foreign
Missions picturlng terrible condition OF a1airs among
the people OF the CicilIan Plain Asia Minor. Large
Of tho food supply has been almost exhausted Tho mis-
sonares OF the Board AdanA report August
$40 families have been added To the list OF those
who have be supplied with bread sustain life,
making oo families IN all tina, are now being fed The
Board sfkU for the relief OF these suffering
people some time ago but this amount proved entire
y inadequate the Hoard has decided make general
Large numbers Of the people are kept alive by eating
grass roots berrieA small fruits families win
appeal Is U all human people Regardless. Of creed. II
Will be forwarded by Eangdol =. War1 I Somerset
street. Boston the Treasurer Of tho Bo.Tl
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A Blue Ridge Peaeh Orchard.

In the spring OF 1878 c. W. Good bought
twenty acres OF land At the base Of the Blue Raes
noun ain water for use In dis!illery could BE- pro-
was found which was taken Cd and burned the
ground At BRICK kin. Corn and potatoes we're plant
either and when the idss presented Itself II planting
experiment In tho spring Of 81 Mr. food bought Of
Mr. Longsdorf OF Bendersvlo Pa. nine dinergnt kinds
planted them about the last OF March or nrt Of April
putting In LION trees 70 grow or die
Every tree grew. and to-day IL Ia the heafhsst look
inE peach orchard along tho mountain The fruit that
viii testify 10 this fact su1h delicious high favored
peaches have rarely been any market The
Ing such harvest Il prout from their orchards that
many Will be ENCOURAGED TO engage In the business
Thousand" Of trees have been already contracted
fall and spring painting and ionR the Blue Mountain
rekou Will rival the eastern Shore AMI Jersey In the
peach interest," Lands obtAinAbis from 81 so
Per = 70. where nve years ago Ihey coud have been
bought Tor Less Than ono third OF the present cost
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-18
CLINCHWOOD,s DRAFTS.
His Lawyer VIII Sue the Banks fer Not Fay.
iag then, but the Banks Don't Care.

His Lawyer VIII Sue the Banks FER Not Fay.
lag them, but the Banks Doat Care.
The cashier OF the Merchants Exchange
Bank laughed yesterday when he was told that
Lawyer Franklin Bien. counsel for George
Montagu Clinchwood, who is under arrest at
Bremen on the charge OF swndlinG, intended
to sue the bank. He said that Clinchwood
could not recover from the bank even II he was
acquitted OF swindlinR. The only persons from
whom he could recover were the European
bankers who cabled over not to cash the drafts
sent by Clinchwood. The Merchants Exchange
Bank did not have enough OF Clinchwoods
money to meet the drafts
banker 1selin received drafts for $4,000 from
Clinchwood on Saturday, Aug. ~. a day
after he received a cablegram from the Euro
pean bankers asking him 10 delay payment.
The drafts were not presented to the bank for
endorsement until after banking hours. The
bank would hive refused to endorse them any
way. When the bank opened again on Mon
ment.. The, cashier said that LAWYER bien
came to the bank with the MIR. Goldsmith mem
toned by Clinchwood In his letter to the bank.
When the cashier refused to honor the drafts
and explained why, Lawyer Bien advised
Goldsmith TO drop tho entire matter.
At Lawyer Bien's office IL was said that tho
papers in tho suit against the bank had already
been prepared.
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Rough ca the Tranp.

A tramp called at n house In a Chicago suburb
sew mornings ago and asked for some odd vioIuak
He gas given plate Of oatmeal mush some dried
without seasOninx OF any kind
"l-i-osn't you let ,nc have some milk and some
sugar salt ard pepper" inquired the lour
ist ~ he surveyed tho spread,
Is NOT wholesome, replied the iRdy OF the houEs
swee " aud We never use condiments can let you
have some cracked wheat u you like"
- Haven't you any meat ~
Oh no We never meat Il II not nt for the human
stomach would you IKE snme Cruel =
MS the kind OF stun you 1--we on r.
"GsrtAiniy my friend. MeatA seAsoninRA Gravies
condiments ~ al kinda and healing foods have ten.
dency 10 nurc the coating OF the stomach. impArt
unnatural condition 70 the syste And-why here let
me rsAa chapter o. this book TO you can show you
With . yell Of conservation the tramp fed. As he
TO write the gate pOst with chalk these words;
"kranksl Keep away"
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LISTEN TO THIS, CHICAGO !
ON CHANGE HERE THEY GALE KoUR
0RdIN N N sWfNDLERh

They say xou MAKE = Bussness 81 svirdiins
Corr~spsndeut., aea theg are Beund -
have n Continuous Daily se.sse..
The smouldering embers Of wrath among
the grain men Of the Produce Exchange. who
claim that President Wright Of tho Chicago
hoard of Trade insulted them by calling their
Exchange bucket shop. were famed Into
second blazing flame yesterday whom they
read In TIE Sun that Mr.. Wright ridiculed
Thorn for burning him in effgy. Mr.. Wright,
In speaking Of the affair, was reported "a
saying: ~,
phsnix. with new suit OF clothos' ana tnere
arc no ashes on me-"
This greatly irrItnted the brokers, particu-
larry as their President, Alexander 4. Orr. had
sent n conciliatory lotter TO Mr.. Wright. and
had takcn steps to act with d. b. Jones. Charles
A. King, and II. G. Cooke Of the Floor Commit
tee TO have the offenders punished Even
some Of the sober-minded men who hitherto
had Jcplored the effigy business declared that
President Orr and tho Floor Committee were
wasting their time. One Of the oldest mem
beers OF the Exchange said: ,,,
Since Wrignt, the PRESIDENT Of the CHICAGO
Board OF Trade, persists III his insulting re.
marks reEnrdnE the pcrS prodnes ms
might come more aptly from any other city
Bos. FIT q r Sns" sst % IL
dishonest methods.and bucket shop operations.
AZ evidence Of the former CHARGE there arr
but three firms that know oil In chicago 70
whom 4 could send an order to buy or sell at
the market price with any confidence that "
out OF one-elghth to one-half cent bnshel.
according to the activity OF he market. Mem
bers OF this Exchange need no better evidence
on this point than their daily experience
and tho suits brought BY Chicago operators
against their own local Board members. As to
evidence 10 sustain my statement that many
large Arms bucket shop their entire business.
that they have q large business on their books,
and that they do the smallest In tho open mar
ket. 10 show you In what way bomo Of the
prominent speculative commission houses pro.
they were accustomed to confor together; with
List In hand as to the net long AMI short inter-
est OF their various clients, and announce the
result at the Calumet and Chicago Club Tor the
benefit Of three or four Of their prominent local
operators surely New York might bet:er have
trickcry and Systematic swindlinx."
Another member said:
President Wright should recall tho bursting
Of the wheat boom several months ago ,one
Of his friends owes me $l25.OoO as q result OF
that explosion. Kershaw l. Rosenfeld and
that 6ast and every N, %o1bbs ad son h. Of them
Wright and the burst clique and their friends
are the only men on the Chicago Board who
have thought 1t convenient and grateful TO
Islander the members Of our Exchanse.
troll. and Duluth which signiiled the deter
minatlon OF the grain men Of those cities TO
their demand for q continuous daily session.
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JUSTICE Durrrs RsxARxA
Prersuna. Philosophical. Asvieevy, end
Psugert Tniks ts Cu,prfts :. Csurt

P-,c.x,> Ps,,s.,phpcsi. Aavtssvy, ena
P.urers T.iks to Cusprfts .. Csurt
To q drunken soldier-You ought to DO
fighting Indiana Mark time. Right about
fsce. March home
To A juvenile delinauent-ri was school
teacher, as I was once. I'D rattan you. I'd
take on your Jacket and warm you soundly.
II you are brought here again IN send you to
the House Of Refuge until you are 81 Year, old.
Get out OF hero.
To toper-You had better take cup Of
coffee when you are thirsty.
To rowdy-The officer says you are holy
terror. Ten days.
To a pretended sailor-How many ropes on q
full.riseed ship under sail ? You don't know
I guess you are land lubber. You only know
how to splice the main brace.
To Cincinnati msn-You arc too green for
this city. You had better 20 back to Cincin-
natl and pack pork.
To rounder-Five days TO get the whiskey
out Of you. DO you know what swine ID
Get out OF here.
ease Kill you, rather than the drug. The first
thing you know. your toes Will be turned up TO
10 man crylns.o,dJf {osS ,, don't dry your
siekf T Because have studied msdiciDe
have studied q great many things. How do
know drunkardl Because ! have had many
see a drunken woman; you ought to DO
10 i street musician-You arc an itinerant.
Why don't you 10 join the society and get
10 q long hatred man-You hsvo hair like o
10 man from the navy yard-Yoq won't see
the navy yard for i've days. How did you get
in Who was your bsckerf You must have
+ To i coal coal shoveller-Go inside. They want
man to shovel coal in the prison. You have
Ut: 10 lrnnEsn V W are setting had
Senp sn 81 so f'S viii make f ten 'S mouths
They'll take the laugh out Of you In the prison.
To an fsraslte-Itis In the synagogue you
ought to be praying Instead Of coming herr to
To q -consumptive woman. with whiskey
bottle-Yon had better spend your money on
To = drunken mani give you a month. The
TO a COMPLAINING wireDThe decision u tho
Court 10 thnt you go home with your husband
and that he take care OF you.
and suspicious. This woman has no. taken
away your husband. I would not take away
another mans wife. might take dozen. but
TO a man with children.--Go home. I won't
commit your children for the city to take care
OF. You go to work for them. II you say o
"G 70 Norris he Hersb e aak me to take
anything but good reA estate bail for o disor-
derly house.
To German.-There are too many Germans
coming here to bail out keepers Of disorderly
houses: never have Irishmrn asking mo to
man e Hs
| on with fine.
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UNIQUE HOSPfT4LgTT.
A Reste. wensn whe Ceapeiiod . Caller
te Take q Bsts.

From te Puvtdencc Journal
Mrs. Y. is q brilliant Boston woman Of
assa Fhs s Or Es
hushand's busi iers led to the keeping up Of
an establishment IN the Meet. whsrs Mr. s 7.
there was brought to Mrs. Y. the card Of az
REPRESENTATION rom tsnds " The abroad
The Ysnt down stairs and greeted the
We are 30 accustomed to. travellers here"
them. We expect everybody TO arrive travel
take 4 bath the first thing. / spoke 10 the
servant before came down. and everything 10
But. stsmmered the stranger. Il cannot
think Of putting YOU to so much trouble. T."
OH. know. Just how you feel interrupted
stores MS me to my S normal coalition when ' i've
been tsa ,so and you have come right
'" The guest demSrred but Mrs, Y. was too OK.
ecutiye. and too truly hospltabe TO ALLOW his
scruples to preyent, the carrying out Of her
stairs to the bath room where Il q 70 Be- prs.
samed he combined Tish tas prS 9g o. mn
G asS a sgoR s anu
parior. whsrs Mrs. 7. awaited him.
~ hope you found everything to your mind''
ys. he replied h h;S had Id delight.
a ssta 1 70 easS you so0a
-. VIM. p orisd his hostess ashsss. you arc
NY "6 SDir must. only stopped over
Mercyr she exclaimed: in Disney; II
thought you had come 70 renai s.v You Ger,
really must" was the reply: but I a.sqr;
shall always, remsmbe with sincere pleasure
your unique hospitality"
The story was too good to keep; and Mr.. 7.
Y ne
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Prevalence Protects sailors aad so.aam-
buiIsts.

From the Indianapolis Sentinel
George Eyce, aged Is, left Cincinnati We'd
nesday night on an Ohio and Mississippi pas
senger train for st. Louis. He was accom-
panied by his mother and sister. When tho
train reach Loogootee he donned his over
coat and prepared for nap. and was soon fast
asleep The mother and sister subsequently
followed him into dreanland. Soon afterward
George, who Is q somnambulist, was observed
by several passengers to leave his seat. There
WAS a strange expression on his face as he
walked down tho aisle toward tho door Of the
coach. while the train was running ut the ratio
OF hfiy miles per hour. The two passengers
who noticed him became alarmed, and after
he passed through the door OF the first coach
they started for tho next car and the next and
the next, but the boy was nowhere to be seen.
He had walked on tho car and the alarm Of
Boy loaf was given out until the whole train
was wild with excitement. Mrs. Nyce and her
daugher were frantic, The engine was reversed
and the train run back for three miles or more.
train moved westward to Washington. and
the passenger Grew OF the train going east
was notified to look for the lad along the track.
On arriving at yincennes the mother received
q telegram saying that her son had been seon
alive near Clark Sta lon walking in that direc-
tion and apparently unhurt. He was tesen
aboard the oast-hound train and sent from
Clark station TO Yincennes this morning by a
freight. where his mother received him with
open arms; In stepping on the train In mis-
sleep he said he remembered on striking tho
ground that he tumhled about thirty rods, but
he didn't know anything for a long time after
ward. His face and his head were badly bruised,
but his injuries are not at all dangerous